September 15 marked a milestone for LGBTQ and allied Seattleites. Over $1 million was raised that day, between the Jay Inslee for Governor luncheon featuring former U.S. President Bill Clinton and the annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) more --------------------------------------------------

Campaign season always brings up the question of whether tenants can legally hang political signs in their windows, especially in neighborhoods like Capitol Hill where so many of the residents are more--------------------------------------------------

On September 20, 2011, the U.S. military's ban on open service by Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Americans officially ended. 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' had finally died. On its way to the grave it took with imore --------------------------------------------------

Last Monday was 'Cheryl Chow Day' in the city of Seattle. On September 17, the former Seattle City Councilmember was honored by the city for her decades of public service. Chow came out as Lesbian last montmore --------------------------------------------------

One soldier a dayLawmakers call for unspent military suicide prevention funds to be utilized

by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor

Democratic Congressmen Jim McDermott of Washington and Leonard Boswell of Iowa this week urged leaders of the U.S. House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee to work with them in getting the Pmore--------------------------------------------------

Michael Castorini
Lukas 'Michael' Castorini (formerly Michael Lee Reinninger) passed away on August 14, 2012, in Federal Way, Washington, after a long illness. He was 49.

Originally from San Diego, Michael moved to Seattle in 1985. His friends say Michael was a handsome, friendly, outgoing, and vivacious person with soaring ideas, who loved to talmore --------------------------------------------------

Earlier this week, the Pride Foundation sent four young Pacific Northwest LGBTQ leaders to the White House for a policy roundtable discussion and reception. Seattle was represented by Kyle Rapiñamore--------------------------------------------------

A new Marquette University Law School poll released September 19 shows openly Lesbian Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin with a nine-point lead over former Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson in their race more --------------------------------------------------

After 20 years in production, the end is near for In the Life, the venerable LGBT newsmagazine aired mainly on PBS stations. The show's producer, In The Life Media (ITLM), announced tmore --------------------------------------------------

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analysis of data from the 2009-10 National Adult Tobacco Survey, published in the American Journal of Public Health, showed thatmore --------------------------------------------------

REGISTER TO VOTE
Register to vote at myvote.wa.gov. Mail-in voter registration forms can also be obtained in person at city and county public libraries and county election offices around the state. For more information on the 2012 election, visit www.vote.wa.gov.

Do you remember 'Uncle Frank' and his good friend/roommate, 'Uncle Bill'? Or 'Aunt Sue' and her friend, 'Aunt Barbara'? They lived together for years and it was tacitly understood that their relationshipmore
-------

The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) announced three new research grants on September 14. The grants are part of amfAR's two-year-old Research Consortium on HIV Eradication (ARCHE). <more-------

Get this: A majority of the speakers at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte last week spoke in some way about LGBT equality. You read that right. From small-town mayors all the way to the president of thmore-------

I came to the U.S.A. in search of freedom and in admiration of a country whose foreign policy in 1980 was viewed through the lens of advancing human rights. When voters in Washington state Approve Referendum 74 this Novembermore-------

USA Gay News American News American Gay News USA American Gay News United States American Lesbian News USA American Lesbian News United States USA News
Pacific Northwest News in Seattle News in Washington State News